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A single mature tree can cool the air as much as 10 air conditioners running for 20 hours!
Trees are nature’s climate control, protecting people and the planet.
Learn more ➡️: bit.ly/4hi7MQA
#ForestsMatter
A poster for Dr. Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz’s lab: the laboratory for socioecological histories of estuarine landscapes.
🐠 🌱 🦪 ⛈️ 🌡️ The other half of our lab w/ @isazooarch.bsky.social! #archaeology #ecology #sustainability #climate
Artist’s illustration of a pristine pyrite grain as an archive of Earth's 3.5-billion-year transition to an oxygenated atmosphere, showing machine learning “threads” extracting redox patterns from the mineral’s lattice and the reconstructed pulses of atmospheric oxygen. CREDIT: Zhen-Jie Zhang.
Trace elements incorporated into grains of pyrite preserve information about the chemistry of ancient oceans, allowing researchers to reconstruct the interplay of biology and tectonics driving long-term oxygen fluctuations. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/RJSO50YwsLC
Schematic of springtime Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperature variations driving convection and facilitating La Niña events.
Predicting El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events can be tricky. Researchers show that regions exceeding 26 °C in the east-central Pacific and 28.5 °C in the eastern Atlantic during spring are critical thresholds for ENSO development. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/mQQr50YvVrm
Another piece from the Andaman sea, Thailand. Decoding 3,780 years of mangrove history, human activities and carbon accumulation at Khlong Thom. rdcu.be/e8t44
Turning degraded lands into a forest-positive bioeconomy in Indonesia
New research shows how integrated food & energy systems on degraded land can boost livelihoods, climate resilience & growth, without further deforestation.
Read:🔗 bit.ly/3ZSDa1y
#TreesPeoplePlanet
Mangroves, sawgrass, and hammock tree islands meet where salty and fresh waters converge in Everglades National Park. CREDIT: Cheryl Doughty
Wetlands can be carbon sinks or sources, depending on management strategies. A study of CO2 and methane fluxes in the Everglades highlights the role of freshwater flows in minimizing methane emissions and the power of mangroves to store carbon. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/tfIn50Yl7yN
Exciting start to the tropical congress with Bavarian music. Opening insights on the importance of historical perspectives to understand #biodiversity, #sustainability and livelihoods
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Example of phytolith morphotypes identified in the study. Text: Microscopic evidence in soil reveals forest garden's past
SFU INDG assistant professor Chelsey Geralda Armstrong and her research team examined soil phytoliths to understand the distant past of Lhemqwó:tel, a forest garden in Sts’ailes territory on the Harrison River. Story: www.sfu.ca/indg/news-ev...
The collapse of curiosity driven research has occurred in STEM too. Everything has to be outcomes focused - cure disease, grow better crops, etc. But so much of what humanity has discovered is from "basic" curiosity-driven science. I'm hugely in favor of funding curiosity in every discipline.
Excited to have this paper out showing a strong coupling between Central American tree-ring oxygen isotopes and ocean–atmosphere dynamics (interbasin SST gradients, ITCZ, CLLJ... ). Many thanks to all co-authors!
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Bumble bee sitting on a snowdrop
bumble bee sitting on a snowdrop
Spring is definitely in the air! 🌱 Caught some photos of a bumble bee investigating the newly arisen snowdrops at the allotment. The beauty of nature never ceases to amaze. #allotmentlife #bumblebee #snowdrops
Every business depends on biodiversity, and every business impacts it.
The first-ever Business and Biodiversity Report finds that businesses are central to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, and outlines concrete actions.
Read @ipbes.net's press release: www.ipbes.net/node/97532
📢Save the date 📢 15th International Meeting on Phytolith Research (IMPR) / III Brazilian Symposium of Archaeobotany
The call for abstracts and registration will open on 1 st June 2026.
The organisation looks forward to welcoming you in São Paulo!
Topographic map of the northern tropical Andes showing the location of the Funza-II core.
CO2-driven warming during the Pliocene can be used as an analog for present-day warming. A temperature record from a Colombian sedimentary core suggests that the tropics were 4.8 °C warmer in the Pliocene than during the late Pleistocene. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/iJ1c50YbG8B
A new study reveals key challenges & recommends solutions for protecting biodiversity within oil palm landscapes.
Corporate commitments to biodiversity protection are difficult to achieve; linking scientific guidance with local knowledge is key to success.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
#IPBES12
📢Feb 2 is #WorldWetlandsDay! A day to celebrate the world's wetlands, including bogs, fens, and swamps.
Many Ramsar sites are #peatlands but there are large gaps in global cover. For more on this issue, and on peatlands and @ramsar.org, see my new Peatpedia post: open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
Photos of Atlantic puffins by Neil Dawe (taken on an island just off the west coast of the UK):
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/11/r...
The Secret Swamp Behind the Beach 🌿
"Kigali’s project cannot stop floods on its own or reverse climate change, but it represents a rare, citywide effort to rebuild nature-based infrastructure — offering one of the continent’s clearest models for urban areas seeking to boost their resilience." #NbS #resilience
Can restoring land help restore peace?
From Nigeria to Chad, communities along the #GreatGreenWall are regreening their landscapes, and rebuilding trust in conflict-prone areas.
5 key lessons from the Sahel and Horn of Africa:🔗 https://bit.ly/45pDw26
#RegreenAfrica
Mangroves - truly amazing ecosystems
#Mangrove Monday. #Ecosystems, particularly mangroves are important to people, but putting detail on this is crucial to support #sustainable resource use and balance #ecological sustainability with #livelihoods. @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
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Delighted to have a paper on wetlands archaeology in this global review of wetlands, with Ben Gearey and Rosie Everett
There is something magical about the tropical peatlands.
Voilá! 🎉
#PeatECR (peatecr.com) is excited to announce that the #2026PeatECRCalendar is officially ready!
This year’s calendar showcases 12 stunning peatland wild life photographs contributed by peatland researchers.
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Carbon Dioxide Removal methods
including #nature action for #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
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original graph by IPCC
